To my left, the opposite side of the field from where I entered, a silhouette in the channel is visible in a backdrop of light about 80 meters away.

Another soul night walking through this array of Berlin blocks.

My eyes rise above the height of concrete slabs surrounding me.

Once again Berlin’s blocks are visible in more directions than two straight channeled lines.

In the open air, wind chills my body.

The array of Berlin’s blocks in night light warms my mind.

Two policemen patrol nearby on the sidewalk across the street.

A cold slab of concrete, one of 2,711 slabs in the memorial park, is the perfect height to sit and reflect,

about a journey into the dark interior of Berlin’s blocks and out again into the light.

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‘Night Walking through Berlin Blocks’ is a description of my walk throughThe Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe March 8, 2013 on a dry and windy winter night when the temperature was slightly below freezing as I journeyed alone in Berlin from Potsdamer Platz to Alexanderplatz .

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Sorry, having been there, I just don’t see it or feel it. The creator says you are supposed to see what ever you want. All I see are concrete blocks and a terrible waste of downtown real estate. All day long all you see are hundreds of kids racing, running through and on top of the blocks. There is nothing “moving” about it. The DC memorial is a true tribute as is so much better.